About

Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, and author. He is a founder of the field of Virtual Reality (a term he coined), aa well as adjacent disciplines including surgical simulation, and has received a lifetime achievement award from the IEEE. His bestselling books on computer science and society have won numerous honors, including the German Peace Prize for Books. Lanier also writes for the New Yorker and for movies and TV. He is a specialist in performing on rare musical instruments of all cultures and periods. Lanier currently serves as Prime Unifying Scientist at Microsoft.